This article, focusing on the Olympics going on right now in South Korea, gives great insight on how such a global event has the power to untie us and celebrate diversity and inclusion. Fenlator-Victorian, who is a native of New Jersey, changed her Olympic team country to Jamaica, where her father is from to promote culture and show more representation. She said in a press conference that it is important for young boys and girls to grow up watching people that look like them, has the same culture as them, or talks like them. If they can relate to someone who does that and is an Olympian, for example, it sets goals and shows them that even they can see reflections of themselves in sports.
This article, focusing on the Olympics going on right now in South Korea, gives great insight on how such a global event has the power to untie us and celebrate diversity and inclusion. Fenlator-Victorian, who is a native of New Jersey, changed her Olympic team country to Jamaica, where her father is from to promote culture and show more representation. She said in a press conference that it is important for young boys and girls to grow up watching people that look like them, has the same culture as them, or talks like them. If they can relate to someone who does that and is an Olympian, for example, it sets goals and shows them that even they can see reflections of themselves in sports.